90 Wine Enthusiast

"Here's a rich, easy-to-like Sauvignon Blanc. Shows keen acidity and complex flavors of citrus fruits, lemongrass, minerals and honey. Feels vigorous and clean all the way through to the long, spicy finish" 90 Points - Wine Enthusiast

"Wonderfully lemony, a nice display of pure citrus flavors in an elegant framework, featuring spice, mineral and fresh herb details, an integrated acidity and a long, lingering finish. Drink now." -89 Points - Wine Spectator

VINEYARDS:
"The fruit comes from two small vineyards in the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley, one on the edge of the western mountains and the other almost due east along the Vaca Range foothills. The lower Valley experiences warm days and cool nights throughout the growing season, allowing for a longer hang-time. This enhances flavor development while retaining acidity. The fruit for this wine is harvested about a week later than other Napa Valley Sauvignon Blancs in order to allow development of tropical, stone-fruit and citrus flavors." -Winery

GROWING SEASON:
"Fewer than five frost incidents in early 2009 provided an auspicious start to the growing season. Late spring rains provided the vines with water during a crucial time, alleviating the need for irrigation early on. A warm spell in June helped curtail excessive canopy development and a relatively mild summer with fewer than five 100 degree days led to long, slow ripening and extended hang-time ideal for flavor development and sugar/acid balance." -Winery

ESTATE:
"John Anthony is a small production winery owned an operated by Michele & John Anthony Truchard. In the late 1800’s Jean Marie Truchard, the great grandfather of John Anthony Truchard, arrived in the US from France and purchased, with gold bullion, 500 acres in Texas with the idea of making wine to serve the local community of Cat Springs. The vineyards were planted and the winery was built but as the grapes began to ripen they rotted on the vine due to the humidity of the region. For his generation and the next the Truchard family lived off the land raising cattle and farming."

"Tony Truchard, the grandson of Jean Marie and the father of John Anthony, picked up where Jean Marie left off and through a twist of fate purchased property in Napa California in the early 1970’s. John Anthony was raised in family tradition of farming and worked hand in hand with his father learning the wine business. It was during this time he learned to enjoy the hard work, dedication, and focus required to produce world class grapes that yield world class wines."

"In 1997 John Anthony Truchard began leasing and managing vineyard property with the goal of one day producing a small quantity of high end wines to share with friends and family. The idea was simple – pick the ideal climate and locations for the fruit, choose the best vine stock available, care and tend to each vine’s needs, work with the best winemaker available, and share the end result with those who will most appreciate it. Fortunately his wife Michele shared his passion and together in 2003 they crushed what would become their first vintage of Cabernet and Syrah." -Napa Valley Vintners